Xiao Chen brought Ye Zi and Zhang Sicheng to a place less than 100 meters away from the camp gate, holding Shi Hao's telescope and carefully observing the movements in the camp. Shi Hao was left in his previous position, ready to snipe.
Five goblin shamans dug a large formation on the ground between the five pillars, and then stood aside to the side of the pillars. After a while, a drumbeat was heard in the camp; the drumbeats were chaotic and disorderly, but with a wild atmosphere.
The goblins in the entire camp received instructions from the drums and came out from all corners of the camp and gathered around the square. Although the goblins were noisy and chaotic, and even a few fights broke out, Xiao Chen found that they were clearly divided into classes.
The tallest and strongest goblins stood closest to the pillars. They were all wearing grass clothes and carrying weapons, most of them holding short spears, some carrying swords and axes, and some even wearing simple leather armor. They should be warriors in the tribe.
After them came the women and children among the goblins. The number of children was much greater than that of women, indicating that these goblins had a strong reproductive capacity. The clothes worn by the female goblins were often much more worn than those worn by the warriors, and many of them were even half-naked. The little goblins were basically naked, revealing their yellow-green bodies, running around the field, but none of them dared to run into the range of the five pillars. At the outermost were some old and weak goblins, whose positions made it difficult for them to see the situation in the center of the square.
The drums stopped beating, and the buzzing sound of the goblins whispering to each other also faded. A group of goblins walked onto the main road connecting the square to the depths of the camp. The momentum of these goblins was completely different from the mob that had been watching before. Most of them wore complete leather armor, held spears in their hands, and marched in two neat rows. The goblin in the lead looked quite old, with dark green skin, a high crown made of animal bones on his head, a straw robe dyed blue, and a necklace made of rough gems around his neck. He held a wooden staff in his hand, which looked a bit like a torch, but the top was not a flame, but a fist-sized gem that emitted a blood-colored mist.
"Here they come! It's them." Xiao Chen saw several listless people with their upper bodies tied up behind the group of goblins. Under the threat of the goblin warriors' short spears, they also came out.
"It seems that there are more people than just us." Although Ye Zi did not have a telescope, he found that the number of people coming out was more than expected.
"Professor Lin, Zhao Rui, Li Tianrui, and two local people." Xiao Chen saw through the telescope that these people were more or less injured, with dried blood on their faces and bodies. It seemed that they suffered a lot after being captured by the goblins.
Professor Lin was walking in the front. He was old after all, and was frightened, so he stumbled as he walked. His student Zhao Rui also seemed to have been hit hard, with a dull look in his eyes. On the other hand, the soldier Li Tianrui was being pressed down while looking around, as if he was looking for a chance to escape.
"Aren't we taking action now?" Ye Zi crouched beside Xiao Chen, staring into the camp, and asked anxiously.
"It's not time yet. We have to wait for Shi Hao to shoot." Xiao Chen took out the scroll from his bag and held it in his hand. "He is a trained soldier after all. We have to trust his ability to judge opportunities."
The old goblin shaman stopped at the sidelines, and the warriors behind him pushed the five humans to the five pillars, untied the ropes on their upper bodies, and then crossed their hands behind their backs and tied them to the pillars. Li Tianrui struggled for a few times, and was punched in the stomach by a goblin warrior. He was in so much pain that he couldn't stand up. He cursed a few times, and finally the goblin warrior tied a rope around his neck, making him completely unable to move.
After tying up the people, five shamans came up and cut open their shirts with knives, exposing their chests. Several people screamed. Zhao Rui screamed especially loudly: "I don't want to die here, I don't want to die in the hands of these barbaric monsters. Someone come and save me." He saw Li Tianrui still struggling, and shouted to him: "Li Tianrui, you, you are a soldier, right? Find a way! I can't die like this."
Li Tianrui turned his head with difficulty and said angrily: "I can't even move my neck, what can I do!"
"You, is this how you serve as a soldier? Is this how you protect us?"
"Ahem... It's already late, stop arguing. We're tied up here, and the goblins have surrounded us in three layers. Unless a large group of people come to rescue us, we can only accept our fate. Xiao Zhao, don't blame Xiao Li, there's no point in making a noise now. Ahem, we might as well see what tricks these goblins have." Professor Lin didn't have much strength, and his words barely reached the ears of the other two.
But Zhao Rui continued to shout as if he didn't hear anything: "And Zhang Sicheng, Ye Zi and Xiao Chen, one of them is the captain, and the other two came up with a bad idea and insisted on exploring the goblins. Bastards, bastards! It's all their fault."
Li Tianrui and Professor Lin knew that it would be a waste of energy to say more at this time, so they ignored Zhao Rui and turned their eyes away, letting him curse at the sky and the earth.
The two people on the opposite side were attracted by Zhao Rui's shouting. One of them was a middle-aged man who looked a little old. He was dressed similarly to the guide of the expedition team before. He must be a hunter nearby. He looked at Zhao Rui, who looked like he was crazy, with some pity, and then closed his eyes and began to pray. The other man looked less than 30 years old, with dark red hair and light green eyes. His skin was a little pale, and he wore clothes that were much more decent than the hunters. He wore a light gray cotton short coat on his upper body and dark blue pants on his lower body. He looked at Zhao Rui and cursed with a look of surprise, as if he had even forgotten to be afraid.
The goblins didn't give Zhao Rui much chance to make a fuss. Before he could even utter a few words of curse, two goblin warriors ran over and hit him with two sticks. Zhao Rui screamed a few times, but soon he had only the strength to groan and dared not shout or yell anymore.
Ten strong goblin warriors surrounded the leading old goblin and walked to the stone platform in the middle of the pillar. The old goblin stood in front of the platform, first looking around at the goblins surrounding the entire square, and then looking at the five tied humans one by one. No matter whether they were earthlings or locals, they all lowered their heads when they were stared at by the old goblin's deep green eyes, not daring to look him in the eye.
The old goblin nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly, he raised the wooden stick in his hand into the air and began to sing loudly. The goblins in the square knelt down one after another, with their heads touching the ground. The old goblin sang in a strange tone, shook the wooden stick in his hand, and danced to a strange rhythm. Gradually, a light green water ball appeared in the air. With the singing, dancing and shaking wooden stick, the water ball kept rolling and getting bigger and bigger, until it was several times bigger than the old goblin's body. The old goblin used the wooden stick to lead the water ball to the stone platform, and it fell on the platform, breaking into a pool of green water, flowing down the stone platform and into the pre-dug pattern.
The diagram was filled with green water, emitting a glittering green light. The old goblin seemed to have exerted a lot of effort, and panted while leaning on his wooden staff. He waved his hand in front of the stone platform, and the five shamans took out their daggers and walked towards the five bound sacrifices.
"Oh no! Are they going to attack?" Xiao Chen looked back nervously at the height behind him. Why didn't Shi Hao shoot yet
At this moment, three gunshots were heard in succession.
It's not that Shi Hao didn't want to shoot, but he just hadn't found the opportunity. When Xiao Chen was going down the mountain, he told him that if the captured hostages on his side appeared in the camp, he should be ready to snipe the leader of the goblins to create a leaderless situation.
When the old goblin appeared, Shi Hao could tell from his pomp that he must be an extraordinary figure in the goblin tribe. Later, when they saw him standing in the middle of the field, the other goblins actually knelt down, and they felt that he was the best target. But the old goblin had been surrounded and protected by goblin warriors since he entered Shi Hao's sight. At night without scopes and night vision goggles, Shi Hao was not sure he could hit the old goblin who was always moving. Later, when the old goblin sang and danced and performed magic, although he had left his guards, the strange dance moves were so fast that Shi Hao still did not dare to shoot. Until the spell was completed and the old goblin was panting with his wooden staff, Shi Hao knew that the opportunity had finally come!
The unknown spell seemed to be completed perfectly. Shi Hao vaguely saw a gratified smile on the old goblin's tired face. This was the moment when the old goblin was most relaxed.
He fired without hesitation.
Follow the three points and press the trigger according to your feeling.
The first shot rang out.
A ball of blood burst out from the old goblin's right shoulder, and his body fell backwards involuntarily, and the wooden stick in his hand also fell out of his hand. Shi Hao secretly cursed, slightly moved the muzzle of the gun and pressed the trigger again.
A second gunshot rang out.
With a bang, the old goblin's crown was shattered in the air, but it missed the target. Shi Hao cursed in his heart, damn, I was nervous. He vaguely knew that he only had one chance. If the old goblin fell to the ground, he would fall behind the stone platform, and there would be no way to deal with him. Shi Hao pressed the gun down a little and said inwardly: "God bless you."
A third gunshot rang out.
God still favored Shi Hao. The bullet shot out from the muzzle, instantly penetrated the old goblin's cheek and flew out of the back of his head, and it was like a rotten watermelon was smashed, and the red and white colors splashed all around. When the old goblin fell to the ground, the gem chain on his chest seemed to be triggered by some mechanism, and belatedly formed a translucent green shield, covering his body.
The old goblin fell down, and the guards around him suddenly became chaotic. Some tried to hug him, some tried to grab the scepter, and the shamans who were about to kill the sacrifice also rushed over. The goblins outside were so scared that they screamed and ran around. Goblins of all sizes pushed and squeezed each other, and the whole square was in chaos.
When Xiao Chen saw this scene, he immediately stood up, took the scroll in his hand, and said to Zhang Sicheng: "It's our turn now!"